John Gurwood

(1790-1845)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Gurwood, John, 1790-1845 NRA: Gurwood John (1790-1845) Colonel Editor of Wellington's Despatches DNB: Gurwood, John (1790-1845), army officer and editor of Wellington's dispatches LBT ID: JoGurwo1845 VIAF ID: 24954142	B/BAP: 1790 DIED: 1845-12-25
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File
After service in the Peninsular War he was private secretary to the Duke of Wellington; he died a suicide.
REFERENCES TO John Gurwood: Walter Scott to George Ellis, 23 December 1808 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ n2 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 4 October 1836 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VI 1808-09 Found 1: ¶ n2 Lady Morgan to an anonymous correspondent, 1837 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Found 1: ¶ 6 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XXVI Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter IV. 1838-41. Found 1: ¶ 30 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXIX. Found 1: ¶ 8 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch XIII: 1835-36